About the Lab
The Music Lab is designed to be a
user lab, offering the Tech community incredible digital music
capabilities. Patrons can compose, print, playback, and record original
music electronically; digitize analog recordings; develop aural skills
through interactive programs; create marching band drills; edit and
burn existing digital music; as well as listen to and watch multimedia
titles.
The Music Lab houses the library's multimedia collection of over 5000
audio titles primarily on CD and LP, and over 2400 video titles on DVD
and VHS.
The Music Lab opened in 1999 with the new Pendergraft Library &
Technology Center. Initially it housed 12 MAC stations. In 2001, Lynn
Calhoun, past lab director, initiated the changeover to PCs for better
security, support, and networking capabilities. Currently the lab has
15 networked PC workstations and a projection system. The Control Room
contains 2 PCs, a laser printer, a scanner, and a Media Tower that
allows distribution of media to any combination of student workstations.
Usage of the lab has increased each year. There were over 28,900 patron
visits to the lab in 2005-2006. The lab's current director, Barb
Longair, emphasizes that the lab is for all of the Tech community. "The
Music Lab is a jewel in the library's crown. We're here to provide
library patrons with multimedia resources, including outstanding music
hardware and software."


